Thanks for the details. I think I understand now.
I am unable to reproduce this issue where data transferred from Response to Project property is enclosed with CDATA tags. Unfortunately, I don't have much experience with transferring XML nodes with child nodes in and out of properties.
What version of soapUI are you using? Is is Pro or Free version?
Have a look at this page to see if anything here is helpful for your scenario:
http://www.soapui.org/Functional-Testin ... cdata.html - especially the section titled "Property Transfers and CDATA"
